FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 9.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were ranked second and third with approximately 7.7
and 7.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 30, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.6 million
average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,733,000

2
CSI
CBS
7,820,000

3
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
7,595,000

4
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
6,459,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,190,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,010,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,277,000

8
30 ROCK 8P
NBC
3,649,000

9
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR THU
UNI
3,453,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,211,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 6.4 …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.4, 8.8 and 8.3 million viewers Monday, June 6, 2009.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.3, 8.0 and 7.9 million viewers Monday, June 29, 2009.

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 17, 2009. The show drew just over 8.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and ABC’s “Wipeout rounded out the top three with with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 10, 2009. The show drew just over 8.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
ABC’s “Wipeout” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three with 8.3 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
8,687,000

2
WIPEOUT
ABC
8,486,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,341,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
8,019,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,056,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,850,000

7
I’M A CELEBRITY-WED
NBC
4,760,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
4,403,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
3,994,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
3,910,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 10, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 2(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
14,061,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 1(S)
ABC
THURSDAY
13,042,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
11,562,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
11,256,000

5
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
10,875,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
10,095,000

7
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-1(S)
NBC
TUESDAY
9,169,000

8
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-2(S)
NBC
WEDNESDAY
9,039,000

9
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,890,000

10
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
WEDNESDAY
8,866,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 1, 2009 – June 7, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 2
ABC
SUNDAY
4,784,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 1
ABC
THURSDAY
4,646,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,768,000

4
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 1
ABC
THURSDAY
1,699,000

5
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-2
NBC
WEDNESDAY
1,504,000

6
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-1
NBC
TUESDAY
1,477,000

7
NBC NWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-2
NBC
FRIDAY
1,347,000

8
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
WEDNESDAY
1,271,000

9
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,241,000

10
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
1,188,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 1, 2009 – June 7, 2009)

NBC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Wednesday, June 3, 2009 with roughly 9.0 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” followed with approximately 8.9 million average viewers.

CBS’s “G Strait: ACM Artist Decade Special” and “Criminal Minds Special” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, May 27, 2009 with 10.6 and 8.9 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Wipeout” rounded out the top three with 8.7 million average viewers respectively.